Labour asks Sunak to say how much money he ‘wasted’ by taking private jet from London to Leeds – live | Politics
, 2023-01-10 14:59:09
Labour challenges Sunak to say how much money he ‘wasted’ by taking jet from London to Leeds for visit
Labour has challenged Rishi Sunak to say how much money he “wasted” by using a jet to travel from London to Leeds yesterday. (See 12.31pm.) Angela Rayner, the deputy Labour leader, said:
Families will be rightly angered by this show of extravagance by Rishi Sunak.
Patients and staff are crying out for action from this government in the midst of a crisis in our NHS while the prime minister jets from London to Leeds for a photo op.
The prime minister must come clean about how much taxpayers’ money was wasted on this 36-minute plane journey for a three-hour visit at the height of a cost of living crisis.
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